Update of Board of Education Approved Supplemental Educational Services Providers: A Requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Title I, Section 1116

The No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires Title I schools that do not meet
the states Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) targets for academic achievement for
three consecutive years to offer a choice of supplemental educational services
to parents of eligible children.Supplemental educational services are tutoring and academic enrichment
activities that are provided in addition to daily instruction.A provider can be a nonprofit or for-profit
entity or a school division. The services must be of high quality,
research-based, and designed to increase the academic achievement of eligible
children in mastering the Standards of Learning and proficiency on Standards of
Learning tests. The NCLB legislation requires states to maintain an approved
list of supplemental educational services providers.

On September 26, 2002, the Board of Education
adopted the initial list of recommended supplemental educational services
providers. The legislation also requires states to update the list periodically
as new companies complete the board-approved review process.Since approval of the initial list, a number
of companies have been added as recommended providers.At the October 28, 2004, meeting of the
board, five providers were added. The complete list may be found at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/nclb/boe/supsrvcs-list.pdf
on the Department of Education's website.

Prospective providers may continue to apply to the
Virginia Department of Education.Superintendents may also inform the department of such companies that
have been used successfully in school divisions in prior years or that are
currently being used.

For additional information, please contact Ms.
Brenda Spencer, Title I coordinator, at (804) 371-6201, or by e-mail at bspencer@mail.vak12ed.edu.